7.5g Casey To Bat

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• 1st/5th
• 2nd/6th
• 3rd/7th
• Advanced English

Read line 18: "It rumbled in the mountaintops, it rattled in the dell"

The words rumble and rattle contain which of the following? Choose 2 answers.

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• end rhyme

• complete rhyme

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which sentence best summarizes the third stanza of the poem?*

• Casey will get a chance to bat after all.

• Flynn and Blake did surprisingly well at bat, leaving Flynn on third and Blake on second.

• The fans went nuts when they realized that Casey was up to bat next.

• Flynn and Blake were both very weak players, and the crowd doubted their abilities to make it on base.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How does stanza 1 contribute to the development of the plot?*

• Stanza 1 introduces important characters.

• Stanza 1 describes the complications that will arise later.

• Stanza 1 includes the exposition and sets the mood.

• Stanza 1 creates suspense that builds toward the climax.

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

"There went up a muffled roar like the beating of the storm waves" is an example of what figurative language?

• Personification 

• Hyperbole

• 
  Simile

• 
  Alliteration

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which of the following lines from the poem indicates that Casey was confident when he went up to bat?

• "Ten thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his hands with dirt"

• "Five thousand tongues applauded when he wiped them on his shirt."

• "And Casey stood a-watching it in haughty grandeur there."

• "There was ease in Casey’s manner as he stepped into his place"

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10